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CHARLES DOUGLAS RICHARD, SUDELEY, OF TODDINGTON, COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER,AND CHARLES E. \VEBBER, OF SOUTH EATON PLACE, COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX,ENGLAND.

RAI L WAY TRANSFER-TRUCK SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 372,643, dated November 1, 1887.

Application filed April 7, 1857. Serial No. 234,004. (No model.)

Patented in England June 7, iSSG, No. 7,624, and in Belgium )Ial'ch 10,1887, No, 76,640.

To all whom z' may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES DOUGLAS RICHARD, LORD SUDELEY, and CHARLESED- MUND VEBBER, major-general, C. B., citizens of England, residing,respectively, at Toddington, county ot Gloucester, England, and at SouthEaton Place, county ol" Middlesex, England, have invented a new anduseful apparatus for enabling railway vehicles to be transferred to andtransported along a railway, the gage of which is narrower than that of'the said vehicles, (for which we have obtained patents in Great Britain,dated June 7, 1886, No. 7,624, and in Belgium dated March 10, 1887, No.7G,6l0,) ot" which the following is a specification.

The object ot' this invention is to enable loaded or unloadedrailway-vehicles to be transferred to and transported upon a railway thegage of which is narrower than that ol" the railway upon which thevehicles to be so transported are constructed to run.

To accomplish the above object special wagons are constructed, bypreference mounted on bogie-trucks to suit the narrower-gagerailway,which wagons are provided at their outer sides with rails set tothe gage of the vehicles to be transported. These special wagonsrnay bebuilt ot' tiniber, iron, or steel, or of any combination ofthe abovematerials, and may be niade of airy length to suit thelength of thevehicles they are to carry. They are rnounted in two or more bogietrucksof ordinary construction, and with or without bearing-springs. Thebuffer and draw apparatus is preferably of the central and combinedpattern. The coupling together of the wagons is effected by a horizontallink and pin, by a vertical self-acting hook, or by other suitable knownmeans.

The sides ofthe special wagons may be constructed of metal platcs,towhich are attached angle-bars carrying nat-footed rails, the said railsbeing fixed to the saine as that of the vehicles to be transported., andat such a height that the axles, brake, and other gear of the saidvehicles can pass freely and without hinderanee over the tops ol' thespecial wagons. A portion of these side or carrying rails, at one cornerat each end ofthe special wagon, is hinged in such a manner that whenthe buffers of two wagons are in contact this hinged part can be turnedoutward and made to lill up the gap between the carrying-rails ofthe twocontiguous wagons, and so render the rails contiguous from end to end ofthe train of special wagons.

At convenient points for the receipt and dispatch of the vehicles to betransported loading-sidings are provided, one portion of the length ot'each of these sidings being laid with rails to the gage of vehicles tobe transported and the other portion to that of the narrowergage railwayupon which they are to be carried, the rails of this last-named portionbeing placed at such a level that when the special wagons are standingupon them the outer carrying-rails of these wagons shall be atthe samelevel as that ofthe rails of the siding of the sarne gage. The vehiclesto be transported can there be run onto the special narrowergage wagons,and after being properly secured therein can be transported by thenarrowergage railway to their destination. The broadergage vehicles aresecured to the special nar rower -gage wagons by means of chainsattached to a transverse shaft placed in the frame ot' the latter andhooked over the axles of the former, the said chains being tightened byrcvolving the transverse shat't, which is provided with a removablehandle for turning it and a ratchet and pawl l'or holding it.

According to another arrangenicntior eases where the specialloading-siding cannot conveniently be provided,we construct atransferwagon with outer rails of the sanie gage as the carrying-railsof the above-described transportation-wagon, but arranged at aninclination froni the line ot" railway upon which the vehicle to betransported stands', so that the vehicle is run up the inclined railsonto the transportaton-wagon.

Figures 1 and 2 ofthe accompanying drawings are respectively side andend elevations,

partly in section, ol' transfer-Wagons according to our invention fortransporting railwayvehicles on lines of gage narrower than that forwhich these vehicles are suited. Fig. 3 is transferring therailway-vehicles to or from the transfer-wagons when the main rails canbe made with a slope for thatpurpose. Figs. 7 and 8 are respectively aside and an end view of a transfer-wagon having the necessary slope ofrails formed upon it.

The railway vehicles A (indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 1, 2, and 4)rest by their wheels on rails B, Xed to the sides of the transferwagonsC, which are mounted on bogie-trueks D, having wheels suited to thenarrower gage. Each of the vehicles A, when it is lodged on one of thewagons, is held i'n position by chains E, which have hooks engaging theaxles, and are tightened up by winding them on bar- :rels which aremounted on the wagons C and are provided with ratclxets and pawls F.

For the purpose of transferring the vehicles A to or from the wagons C,the railway is made with a slope, G, leading up to the level of therails B on the wagons C. For situations where this arrangementisinconvenient, 1

a special transfer-wagon, G', Figs. 7 and 8, is

provided, having sloping rails B, along which throughout the train ofwagons. After the vehicles are run on, the portions H are turned inagain, so as to allow the wagons to accommodate themselves to curves andinequalities of the narrow-gage line on which they run.

Having thus described the natureof our invention and the best means weknow of earrying the same out in practice, we claim-- 1. As an appliancefor transporting railwayvehicles along rails of narrow gage, atransferwagon having its wheels suited to the narrow gage and having:fixed on its sides rails suited to receive the Wheels of the wider-gagevehi-v to receive the wheels of the wider-gage vehicles, these railsbeing sloped upward from the one end of the wagon to the other,substantially as herein described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 25th day of March, A. D.1887.

CHARLES DOUGLAS RICHARD, SUDELEY. C. E. WEBBER.

